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Americans Who Stopped Train Attack to Speak in Paris
ABC news ^ | 23 Aug 2015 | DAVID CHIU and EMILY SHAPIRO

Posted on 08/23/2015 8:43:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Three Americans who helped take down an alleged gunman aboard a train bound for Paris will speak today from the home of the U.S. ambassador to France.

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler will speak to the media a day before being received by French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: france; fraternit; galit; heros; libert
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Presser

They are so humble, didn’t do anything special, just that training kicked in — and they kicked the perp’s butt!


21 posted on 08/23/2015 9:17:49 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Fox News: http://vaughnlive.tv/newzviewz


22 posted on 08/23/2015 9:18:02 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

American soldiers have been saving the cheese eating surrender monkeys for nearly a century. It is what they do. God bless them all.


23 posted on 08/23/2015 9:19:43 AM PDT by Mpatl
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To: DesertRhino
Hasn’t been my experience. I always heard they were rude and didn’t try to do anything for non french speakers. It seemed the opposite to me.

That wasn't my experience either. I was there six months ago, and the Parisians I met and spoke to in my very imperfect French couldn't have been more friendly, patient, and polite. This was in both the tourist and very non-tourist areas, and included strangers who offered me help when I had trouble with my Metro pass.

24 posted on 08/23/2015 9:20:40 AM PDT by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: TomGuy
Gave accolades to CNN yesterday.
I've noticed over the last year or so that CNN is making an effort to be more professional and a true news organization again.

Unfortunately, MSNBC and FOX have gravitated to nothing but sensationalism and appealing to the Jerry Springer crowd on each end of the political spectrum.

Hopefully FOX will find its way and start covering actual news again rather than succumbing to the Megyn Kellys of the world.

25 posted on 08/23/2015 9:25:27 AM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: mabarker1
said the alleged reporter and reporterette... dumb asses
26 posted on 08/23/2015 9:27:15 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

These heroes have rekindled the deep appreciation for Americans many of the older French had for the young Americans who liberated them the the Nazis.


27 posted on 08/23/2015 9:28:09 AM PDT by The Great RJ (“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.” Margaret Thatcher)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
better be careful with them women though, prolly frenchified...
28 posted on 08/23/2015 9:29:17 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ColdOne

These 3 have to fear their own small “p”resident like the Seal Team did. May God protect them.


29 posted on 08/23/2015 9:35:24 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Before it can get any better it has to stop getting worse - vote 4 most conservative available)
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To: Tupelo

That’s right. Three against one, ganging up on the poor Middle-Eastern-looking guy and beating him to a pulp - racial profiling and hate crime all in one. And the British consultant who tied him up and those racist French politicians - still haven’t gotten over their colonial outlook regarding third-worlders fighting for their right to bear arms.


30 posted on 08/23/2015 9:38:09 AM PDT by BusterBear (/)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

And the terrorists can plainly see that Americans won’t take this sh** so think twice around here.


31 posted on 08/23/2015 9:39:02 AM PDT by Yaelle (The election isn't the main thing. Stopping the 2 party oligarchy and their media IS.)
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To: Mpatl

This quote was taken from FOX News.
“As he was cocking it to shoot it, Alek just yells, ‘Spencer, go!’ And Spencer runs down the aisle,” Sadler said. “Spencer makes first contact, he tackles the guy, Alek wrestles the gun away from him, and the gunman pulls out a box cutter and slices Spencer a few times. And the three of us beat him until he was unconscious.”

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/23/kalashnikov-wielding-man-radical-islamist-on-radar-authorities-in-3-countries/?intcmp=hpbt3


32 posted on 08/23/2015 9:51:05 AM PDT by FearlessFreep
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To: Cowboy Bob
I hope this guys can speak perfect French, otherwise the people of Paris will just ignore them.

Yes, Paris is like that. The citizens of the Normandy coastal area would show a lot of appreciation, though. Their affection isn't just an act for tourists.

33 posted on 08/23/2015 9:53:03 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Last Dakotan

The Japanese government in the 1940s were well aware that an invasion of the US would be a disastrous venture solely because US boys were raised in a very competitive environment. The Nazis also learned that US young men were not push overs. Now we have the latest showing that US young men can and do have the spirit, toughness and abilities to deal with anyone in the world. These young men at this point in time need a remembrance similar to the Marines on Iwo Jima.


34 posted on 08/23/2015 9:59:25 AM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: DUMBGRUNT

So, how do those cheese-eating surrender monkeys feel about “les cowboys stupides” now?


35 posted on 08/23/2015 10:00:50 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Americans always into the breech. Humble heroes.


36 posted on 08/23/2015 10:14:24 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: FearlessFreep

The FOX host said he “thanked the French medical people for reattaching his thumb”....first I’d heard he was that badly slashed with a supposed boxcutter.


37 posted on 08/23/2015 10:20:03 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: ErnBatavia

Don’t know if the thumb was cut off or not but a friend severed the tendon in his thumb. His thumb dropped and was totally useless. Surgeons had to “fish” up his arm to find and later reattach the tendon. He wore a cast for a good while but ultimately made a full recovery. Hope this is the extent of injury to our guy.


38 posted on 08/23/2015 10:30:45 AM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUse)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Americans Who Stopped Train Attack to Speak in Paris

These heroes should be advised to "watch their six" in case some muzzie raghead wants to exact revenge.

39 posted on 08/23/2015 10:43:31 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (America for Americans - what's wrong with that?)
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To: mabarker1

To stay out of barry hussein’s brig. That say he’ll propably charge them with felon assault, anyway. I wish I could say /sarc.


40 posted on 08/23/2015 11:11:17 AM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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